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This book explores the history, ecology, and society of a seemingly inhospitable stretch of land along the Orange River in southern Namibia. Here, a group of African farmers have succeeded against all odds to stay on their ancestral homeland through decades of colonialism and apartheid. The twenty-f...

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Main Authors: Lenggenhager, Luregn, Moore, Bernard C.
Format: Online
Sprog:engelsk
Udgivet: Brill 2025
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Apartheid
Karoo Conservation Area
Namibia
Northern Rangelands Trust
Orange river
Sandfontein
South Africa
ancestral land
carbon finance
environmental history
gem fields
land reform
mining
nature conservation
rewilding
Online adgang:ONIX_20250422_9789004712454_25a
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Summary:This book explores the history, ecology, and society of a seemingly inhospitable stretch of land along the Orange River in southern Namibia. Here, a group of African farmers have succeeded against all odds to stay on their ancestral homeland through decades of colonialism and apartheid. The twenty-first century, however, has brought different people looking to evict them: nature conservationists. These farmers face off against billionaire gemstone mine owners, rhinoceros veterinarians and carbon finance executives, seeking to prove their legal and moral claims to their ancestral lands. This book reveals how we got here and what is at stake if they fail.

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